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From: Jurgen <apache@squarehosting.com>
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Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Apache 1.3.27 w/ RedHat 7.3 driving....

Hi,

do you have seperate log files for each of your virtual hosts?

Jurgen


On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 22:55:29 -0600
Douglas King <daking@dak1.net> wrote:

> I have begun having a problem with my Apache server. The problem is as
> follows:
> 
> I am not able to run / execute ANY Perl or cgi scripts...at all.  Right 
> now, I cannot even ADD another site.  This server IS RUNNING approximately 
> 1,100 sites...MOST of them are virtual (second level domain hosting) 
> http://www.xyz.abc.com type hosting....
> 
> In the error log for Apache, I get the following error message:
> 
> [Tue Nov 26 21:47:33 2002] [warn] (24)Too many open files: unable to open a
> file descriptor above 15, you may need to increase the number of descriptors
> 
> [Tue Nov 26 21:47:34 2002] [notice] Apache/1.3.23 (Unix) (Red-Hat/Linux)
> mod_ssl/2.8.7 OpenSSL/0.9.6b DAV/1.0.3 PHP/4.1.2 mod_perl/1.26 configured
> -- resuming normal operations
> 
> [Tue Nov 26 21:47:34 2002] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper:
> /usr/sbin/suexec)
> 
> [Tue Nov 26 21:47:34 2002] [notice] Accept mutex: sysvsem (Default: sysvsem)
> 
> [Tue Nov 26 21:47:52 2002] [error] [client 66.14.30.174] (24)Too many open
> files: couldn't spawn child process:
> /var/www/cgi-bin/domainname/mycgi_list.cgi
> 
> AND more recently:
> 
> [Wed Dec 18 19:59:48 2002] [crit] [client 64.12.96.73] (24)Too many open 
> files: /.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it 
> is readable
> [Wed Dec 18 20:00:02 2002] [crit] [client 64.12.96.73] (24)Too many open 
> files: /.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it 
> is readable
> [Wed Dec 18 20:00:19 2002] [crit] [client 66.69.18.234] (24)Too many open 
> files: /.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it 
> is readable
> [Wed Dec 18 20:00:23 2002] [crit] [client 64.12.96.7] (24)Too many open 
> files: /.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it 
> is readable
> [Wed Dec 18 20:00:33 2002] [crit] [client 64.12.96.8] (24)Too many open 
> files: /.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it 
> is readable
> [Wed Dec 18 20:00:34 2002] [crit] [client 64.12.97.12] (24)Too many open 
> files: /.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it 
> is readable
> [Wed Dec 18 20:01:19 2002] [crit] [client 209.237.238.160] (24)Too many 
> open files: /.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure 
> it is readable
> [Wed Dec 18 20:02:24 2002] [crit] [client 150.137.68.68] (24)Too many open 
> files: /.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it 
> is readable
> [Wed Dec 18 20:03:25 2002] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
> [Wed Dec 18 20:03:29 2002] [warn] (24)Too many open files: unable to open a 
> file descriptor above 15, you may need to increase the number of descriptors
> [Wed Dec 18 20:03:30 2002] [notice] Apache/1.3.27 (Unix)  (Red-Hat/Linux) 
> mod_ssl/2.8.7 OpenSSL/0.9.6b DAV/1.0.3 PHP/4.1.2 mod_perl/1.26 configured 
> -- resuming normal operations
> [Wed Dec 18 20:03:30 2002] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: 
> /usr/sbin/suexec)
> [Wed Dec 18 20:03:30 2002] [notice] Accept mutex: sysvsem (Default: sysvsem)
> [Wed Dec 18 20:03:32 2002] [error] (24)Too many open files: accept: (client 
> socket)
> [Wed Dec 18 20:03:32 2002] [error] (24)Too many open files: accept: (client 
> socket)
> [Wed Dec 18 20:03:34 2002] [error] (24)Too many open files: accept: (client 
> socket)
> [Wed Dec 18 20:03:40 2002] [error] (24)Too many open files: accept: (client 
> socket)
> [Wed Dec 18 20:03:46 2002] [error] (24)Too many open files: accept: (client 
> socket)
> [Wed Dec 18 20:03:46 2002] [error] (24)Too many open files: accept: (client 
> socket)
> [Wed Dec 18 20:03:46 2002] [error] (24)Too many open files: accept: (client 
> socket)
> [Wed Dec 18 20:03:51 2002] [error] (24)Too many open files: accept: (client 
> socket)
> [Wed Dec 18 20:04:28 2002] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
> [Wed Dec 18 20:04:31 2002] [warn] (24)Too many open files: unable to open a 
> file descriptor above 15, you may need to increase the number of descriptors
> [Wed Dec 18 20:04:32 2002] [notice] Apache/1.3.27 (Unix)  (Red-Hat/Linux) 
> mod_ssl/2.8.7 OpenSSL/0.9.6b DAV/1.0.3 PHP/4.1.2 mod_perl/1.26 configured 
> -- resuming normal operations
> [Wed Dec 18 20:04:32 2002] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: 
> /usr/sbin/suexec)
> [Wed Dec 18 20:04:32 2002] [notice] Accept mutex: sysvsem (Default: sysvsem)
> 
> 
> 
> Here is the info on the server:
> 
> It's an Athalon 650 mhz processor
> 
> 1 gig ram
> 
> It's a Red Hat 7.3 machine running Apache 1.3.27 for the web server.
> 
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~
> 
> When you do a ulimit -a you get:
> 
> core file size        (blocks, -c) 0
> data seg size         (kbytes, -d) unlimited
> file size             (blocks, -f) unlimited
> max locked memory     (kbytes, -l) unlimited
> max memory size       (kbytes, -m) unlimited
> open files                    (-n) 1024
> pipe size          (512 bytes, -p) 8
> stack size            (kbytes, -s) 8192
> cpu time             (seconds, -t) unlimited
> max user processes            (-u) 7168
> virtual memory        (kbytes, -v) unlimited
> 
> 
> 
> The cgi scripts used to run...but have been stopped now for almost a month. 
> The kernel, 2.4.19
> was recently re-configured to basically have unlimited resources 
> available...and the file limit or process was set to something like 1024.
> 
> Has anybody run across this problem? If so....what is my solution?
> 
> 

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